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LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Louise Bourgeois: Complete Books & Prints
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Cat. No. 529, variant 3

Determination

State/Variant:
Only state, variant
Date:
2003
Themes:
Animals & Insects
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint, with red watercolor additions
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 5 1/16 x 4" (12.8 x 10.2 cm); sheet: 10 x 7 3/4" (25.4 x 19.7 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, pencil.
Inscription:
"AP" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand; "To Deborah McLeod. / Best wishes / Louise Bourgeois" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:
unpublished
Printer:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:
3 known variant impressions of the only state, outside the edition
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of the only state.

The "AP" inscription, in the artist's hand, does not indicate a conventional A.P. impression, which would be numbered.
Background:
Bourgeois created this composition as a 2003 holiday gift for a circle of friends.
Curatorial Remarks:
The paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the variant impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.

Determination
2003

States

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Determination. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Only state, variant
2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Determination. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Only state, variant
2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Determination. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Only state, variant
2003
Published Louise Bourgeois. Determination. 2003
Only state
2003
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Determination. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Only state
2003
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Determination. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Only state
2003